The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.100
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.100
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Murtazā, whose behaviour had always given indications of insanity, entirely lost his reason. He attempted the life of his son Husain by setting fire to his bedclothes, but the prince escaped, and shortly afterwards, on June 14, 1588, put his father to death by suffocating him in a heated bath. Ibrāhīm II, who was still before Ausa, upbraided the parricide, but retired to his own dominions in accordance with the treaty which he had made with Murtazā.